I an glad that there is currently no living USMB, and for the reason stated below. It would be like Arizona's southern stretch of I-19: a metric road to nowhere. It would be the subject of jokes, and would not mean anything in the absence of a true national compact for metric changeover. The latter is what President Obama should be advocating.
Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist Vice President U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas USA www.metric.org +1(432)528-7724 trus...@grandecom.net On Dec 7, 2012, at 14:08, c...@traditio.com wrote: > Stan-- You are correct. My point was not to praise or condemn particular > political parties, but to point out how, in a time of increased > constitutional awareness, particularly among conservatives, metric fits right > in, and is not unconstitutional government interference. > > Your comment indicates -- and I agree -- that metric should be above > politics. I would not call either Ford or Bush "conservatives," and > certainly Obama has done zero in promoting metric, which would be so easy now > by tying it to improved economics, international trade, and math/science > education. > > The U.S. Metric Board is a fascinating study in itself. When it became a > vehicle for anti-metric bashing rather than forming practical metrication > goals and methods, I though that we were better without it. Reagan (a > Republican) dissolved it. In hindsight, I might be convinced that it would > have been better to keep the Board. At least it would have focused some > public attention on the issue and yield, one would hope, more positive > results than negative. Yet it could also, as you say, become a lightning-rod > for pointless anti-matric posturing. > > Now here's a challenge to Obama: resuscitate the U.S. Metric Board. It's > still the law of the land. But don't hold your breath. > > Martin Morrison > Metric Training & Education > USMA's "Metric Today" > >
